Summary

The "Designing Principles for a Trusted Environment" at SXSWedu engaged a discussion on trust and creating a deeper understanding of how to operationalize trusted learning environments among various stakeholders, including: government, parents, educators, school & district leaders, students, foundations, nonprofits, and businesses. The first half-day framed the conversation—grappling with privacy, trust and data collection—around the tensions between positive uses of data (such as personalization for learning) and commercial use of data. The event included announcements with potential solutions from the Digital Media and Learning Competition, and student data privacy principles from Data Quality Campaign (DQC) and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). The keynote speech and youth panel provided background research and a youth perspective on the use of technology in and outside the classroom.

Topics shared and discussed informed a second half-day design interactive, where stakeholders brainstormed user-centered trust frameworks focused on their communities. Participants engaged with each of the stakeholder roles while working toward the goal of creating a trusted environment framework for their assigned community.

PANELISTS

John Bailey
Executive Director, Digital Learning Now [Moderator]

Richard Culatta
Director of Educational Technology, US Department of Education